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U.S. science probe nears unexplored dwarf planet Ceres [Yahoo News] 02 Mar, 2015
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - A NASA science satellite on Friday will wrap up a 7-1/2-year journey to Ceres, an unexplored dwarf pl ...
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Astronauts breeze through spacewalk to rig station for U.S. space taxis [Yahoo News] 01 Mar, 2015
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) - Two U.S. astronauts whipped through a third spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Sunda ...
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Astronauts leave space station for third spacewalk [Yahoo News] 01 Mar, 2015
View gallery NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore, Commander of Expedition 42 is caught by the camera a … View gallery NASA ast ...
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NASA resolves issue with spacesuit helmet water leak [Yahoo News] 27 Feb, 2015
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Water that leaked into an astronaut’s helmet after a spacewalk on Wednesday poses no threat, clearing ...
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Scientists discover black hole so big it contradicts growth theory [Yahoo News] 25 Feb, 2015
By Colin PackhamSYDNEY (Reuters) - Scientists say they have discovered a black hole so big that it challenges the theory about how they grow.Scientis ...
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Astronauts leave space station for second spacewalk [Yahoo News] 25 Feb, 2015
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Two U.S. astronauts floated outside the International Space Station on Wednesday for the second of three spacew ...
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Chockablock with crocs: Seven species rocked ancient Amazon basin [Yahoo News] 24 Feb, 2015
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If one croc is reason enough to stay out of the water, how about dipping your toes in a place with seven differ ...
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Scientists name new species of wasp after Boston Bruins goalie Rask [Yahoo News] 24 Feb, 2015
BOSTON (Reuters) - A team of researchers studying insects in Africa has named a newly discovered species of wasp with a distinctive yellow-and-black ...
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Bavarian Nordic vaccine helps prolong life in prostate cancer trial [Yahoo News] 24 Feb, 2015
By Ransdell Pierson (Reuters) - An experimental therapeutic vaccine from Danish drugmaker Bavarian Nordic helped significantly extend survival in pat ...
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Spacewalking astronauts rigging station for new U.S. space taxis [Yahoo News] 21 Feb, 2015
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) - A pair of U.S. astronauts floated outside the International Space Station on Saturday to begin rigging ...
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Exclusive: Orbital explosion probe said to find debris in engine: sources [Yahoo News] 20 Feb, 2015
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Last October's explosion of Orbital ATK Inc's Antares rocket may have been triggered when debris inadvertently left in a fuel tank traveled into the booster's main engine, two people famili..
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Sunbathers take heed: skin damage continues hours after exposure [Yahoo News] 19 Feb, 2015
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here's a warning to sunbathers everywhere. Scientists have found that the skin damage caused by UV rays doe ...
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Bigger is better: 19th century hypothesis gets fresh endorsement [Yahoo News] 19 Feb, 2015
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Renowned 19th century American paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope proposed "Cope's Rule," hypothe ...
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U.S. must invest to keep ahead of China in space, hearing told [Yahoo News] 18 Feb, 2015
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's space program is catching up with that of the United States and Washington must invest in mili ...
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Scientists unveil map of 'epigenome,' a second genetic code [Yahoo News] 18 Feb, 2015
By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scientists for the first time have mapped out the molecular "switches" that can turn on or silence in ...
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Marijuana munchies are all in the brain, U.S. study finds [Yahoo News] 18 Feb, 2015
By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - If recent laws legalizing marijuana in more U.S. states also boost sales of potato chips and brownies, scientis ...
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In a first for a fish, Oregon chub removed from endangered list [Yahoo News] 17 Feb, 2015
By Courtney Sherwood PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - For the first time, a fish has been removed from U.S. Endangered Species Act protection as federal of ...
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Furry forerunners: Jurassic arboreal, burrowing mammals unearthed [Yahoo News] 12 Feb, 2015
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It may not have been the most opportune time to be a furry little critter, what with all those hungry dinosaurs ...
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SpaceX rocket blasts off to put weather satellite into deep space [Yahoo News] 11 Feb, 2015
View gallery The unmanned Falcon 9 rocket, launched by SpaceX and carrying NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observat … View gallery Wildflow ...
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SpaceX signs deal for landing pad in Florida [Yahoo News] 10 Feb, 2015
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies will take over a mothballed rocket launch site in Florida to develop la ...
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Peruvian ice cap harbors evidence of conquistadors' avarice [Yahoo News] 10 Feb, 2015
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After vanquishing the Inca Empire with superior weapons and a touch of treachery, the Spanish conquistadors sou ...
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SpaceX launch with deep-space weather buoy reset for Tuesday [Yahoo News] 09 Feb, 2015
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies will try again Tuesday to launch a Falcon 9 rocket with a U.S. satelli ...
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Glitch delays launch of SpaceX rocket with U.S. weather satellite [Yahoo News] 08 Feb, 2015
By Irene klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Launch of a SpaceX rocket with a U.S. weather satellite bound for deep space was called off minutes b ...
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Emotions, not science, rule U.S. climate change debate: study [Yahoo News] 05 Feb, 2015
By Chris Arsenault ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Despite a scientific consensus that human activity is causing the planet to warm up, ingrained ...
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Britain votes to allow world's first 'three-parent' IVF babies [Yahoo News] 03 Feb, 2015
By Kate Kelland and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Britain voted on Tuesday to become the first country to allow a "three-parent" IVF t ...
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Exclusive - The FAA: regulating business on the moon [Yahoo News] 03 Feb, 2015
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - The United States government has taken a new, though preliminary, step to encourage commercial develo ...
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NASA satellite to measure water in Earth's soil sent into orbit [Yahoo News] 31 Jan, 2015
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - - An unmanned Delta 2 rocket lifted off from California on Saturday carrying a NASA satellite to meas ...
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Rocket blasts off with NASA satellite to track climate change [Yahoo News] 31 Jan, 2015
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) - An unmanned Delta 2 rocket lifted off from California on Saturday carrying a NASA satellite to measure ...
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U.S. proposes effort to analyze DNA from 1 million people [Yahoo News] 30 Jan, 2015
By Toni Clarke and Sharon Begley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has proposed analyzing genetic information from more than 1 million America ...
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Poll finds gaping chasm in views between U.S. public, scientists [Yahoo News] 29 Jan, 2015
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American scientists and the general public hold vastly different views on key scientific issues including the r ...
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